Sugarcandy Mountain - Fact or Fiction?

Is this too-sweet-toothed paradise really what awaits us animals when our time has come?  The thought of a place beyond the clouds where:

• it is Sunday seven days a week
• clover is in the sea all the time
• lump sugar and linseed cake grows on hedges

is almost too good to be true, isn't it?  The pigs of the farm seem to think the existence of such a place is not true at all.  In fact, the pigs seem to work pretty hard to counteract the lies of Moses, a favored pet of Farmer Jones.  If this tame black raven had such close relations with Jones, would it truly be a surprise if he was telling a tall tale?  For some animals, such a place would only make sense, as where else would an animal go where they die?  However, Moses is known around the farm as a spy and a clever talker.  Besides, even while Moses spends so much time talking about Sugarcandy Mountain, none of the animals are encouraged or even trust him enough to run away with him. Therefore, some of the animals are definitely not taking sides with this raven.  Then again, who could ever listen to the stories of a bird who fled after the Rebellion, once the independent work started settling in?  

But Moses returned of course, and surprisingly Napoleon has let him stay, and has even gone so far as to offering him a ration of beer.  Is there a particular reason this babbling raven has been allowed a welcome stay?  Each time Moses repeats his lovely description of Sugarcandy Mountain, the animals seem to sweat just a little more as they willingly increase their efforts of hard work.  

Could Sugarcandy Mountain actually be a real place?  Or is Moses just pulling a wing or two with his fish stories?  Until next time...